after 7 weeks of day orientation, have finished my 1st week of night orientation. I was really afraid about nights, that i wouldn't be able to do it, but i have. there's just always something to do so i don't get tired. the nurses are great. its not inundated with 595 doctors all around at once, but, there are always some sitting around and chatting usually. it's fun, and i've really done and seen and learned so much in 8 weeks. (we're a perinatal referral center, so we get a lot of high risk patients) pih, mag, ptl, twins, chorio, vbac, etc.its all funt o learn. had a 2 vessel cord baby the other day,too, hadn't seen that before.
of course, the down side of nights would be that there always seems to be food around! and, i just dont know when to eat dinner. and i'm still learning how to computer chart in the dark. i thought i'd have trouble sleeping during the day, and i did the first day, but its getting better. the dark blanket over the window really helps.
so i won't be asking to be put on the list for days right away. maybe eventually, but for now, it seems to be working well.
